Thursday, November 13, 2008

And Begun!

Well, not *just* begun, but I returned to a very early draft of a few thousand words on my new WIP, working title "The Between." It is a YA urban fantasy with a different look at the world of the Fey.

I've got approx 8K written now, along with a nice overall plot arc and some specific waypoints to guide me.

So far, so good.

My target is anywhere between 60 and 80K for this one and I am conceptualizing it as the first book in a series of at least 2. This is the first project I've laid out this way, although the story will definitely be able to exist as a stand alone. It will be fun and a challenge to work the plot with that right balance of resolved and unresolved elements.

You can read samples of my novels (some in progress, some published) on Wattpad.

I've also been known to make pottery and give it away. :)

FYI: I have political biases. I am concerned with social justice, gender issues, and feminism. I will talk about this side by side with writing craft, pottery, and cute animal pictures.

P.S. Sadly, I know that the individuals this relates to are not the people reading this, so consider this my public venting. Most of the folks I have met on G+ have been interesting and wonderful; people I now count as my friends. However, I have increasingly been the recipient of private messages and emails from men, often not native English speakers, but not exclusively so, wanting to 'get to know me better'. These "hey baby" messages are from people who have never interacted with me, aren't in my circles, and have no connection with me or my interests. This is the internet version of the street cat-call and is at best, irritating, at worse, harassment. So I will not answer chat requests from anyone I do not recognize from my circles or from prior interactions on G+ posts.